History 2186A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Earth Religion, Simple Explanation, Natural Disaster
10 Dec 2016
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Entered english language in 1819 in brazil. Closely connect with haiti (st. domingue) - a slave colony with appalling conditions. In this context the zombie as an idea first appeared. Haitian slaves believed that dying would release their souls to return to africa to a kind of freedom. Believed that if one died whilst enslaved you were condemned to live your life on a slave plantation as an undead spirit roaming a hated land unable to space from. Zombie is a projection of the slaves misery. Haitian revolution in 1804, combated the french. Zombie then became connected to voodoo religion. Belief shifted, as the undead zombie was now controlled by a voodoo priest bokor". Used the zombies to carry out his will. This is the form in which it comes to western culture (black magic, voodoo, etc) The zombie apocalypse has become a shorthand for any catastrophic event. 90s, using zombies as a way to get people interested.
